Method of making boxes



A. A. ADAMSQN AND W; F. GRUPE.

METHOD OF MAKING aoxzs. APPLlCATION FILED DEC-1v 1915- I 1,381,097. Patented-J1me 14, 1921.

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1 ,38 1 097. Patented 11111 14, 1921.

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as? x? f v V X y i 4mm i S? in ALLAN A. ADAMSON, OF BEZOQKLYN, NEW YORK, AND W'ILLIAIE F. GR'UPE, OF NORTH BERGEN, NEE/V JERSEY.

METHOD OE MAKING- BOXES.

Application filed December 1, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, ALLAN A. ADAHSON and TILLLUI F. Gnorn, citizens or the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, and at Hudson Boulevard, North Bergen, county of Hudson, State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llllethods of llclaking Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to making boxes.

It has been heretofore proposed to manufacture boxes, such as cigarette boxes, pr icing the cover by means 01" a cover making machine, and by producin the tra s and tray rims in respectively separate inachines-also separate from the cover making machine-or by making such trays and tray rims in single machine, separate, however, from the cover making machine. In the the method of practice or such prior methods, the formed covers and the formed trays are respectively collected in piles. either in special reservoirs, or otherwise, and accumulated over a period of time extending from days or weeks de pending upon the practice oi the individual box makers, In pursuance of such practice, the paper and boardstock of the cove a trays are subjected to varying atmosplu i conditions, especially temperature and hu'- nudity Incidental to such practice, th stou ing of the covers and trays e rise due pressure on the relativel delicate parts due to piling on one another, and thereby disshaping or distorting the contour and shape of the same. Such prior practice has led to the furthercomplication in the use of the adhesive being applied to the paper and board under varying nospheric te apera- I or v liable absorption ot the liquid ingredients of the adhe e in the paper and board and variable of the solid or paste ingredient of the adhesive. 7

In the practi e as heretofore carried out, such deformation of the individual parts of the box and variable conditions of paper board and ingredients of the adhesive has resulted in complicating the necessary subsequent step of assembling the covers on the trays, respectively, requiring special appara tus or parts for effecting; such assembly, well as increase of labor, and also resulting.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa'lggntggfl Jame 143 Egg Serial No; 134,366.

in a high percentage oi rejected covers, and trays. On the Whole, accoroingly, the practice as heretofore carried out, is at best haphazard in producing commercially perfect boxes.

On the other hand, as more particularly pointed out, applicants have discovered that the production ofcommercially perfect boxes is efiected With certainty by forming the cover, and parts tl ereof, anc the tray, including the tray rim and other parts thereof, and the application of the adhesive required, substantially simultaneously, 2'. 6., under practically thesame tcmpcratureand humidity conditions. 7 Applicants process further includes the delivery of the formed covers and. formed trays substantially immediately thereafter to the succeeding stage of the mess, and thus continu' the prod ess from one step substantially immediately to the succeeding step, in other words, pro gressing preferably substantially Without delay, from one step to the next under the same temperature and humid ty conditions.

More particularly, the invention is diected to certain improvements in the -ict-hod of making boxes formed of a tray raving a neck'portion. The invention may be illustrated by reference to the making of ig'arette boxes comni' formed of a bottom board, a red to said bottom boa? ired to said rim and a cov L sing a top hoard one cover rim secu to said top boa ilsually the cover is h god o the y, as by a label attired to the back'face of the box and the exposed "1 i and cover rims andneck portions covered by paper finished as may be cesired. In the making of such cigarette box, the cover and tray rims and the neck are preferably -formed om Webs or reels of suit-ble board, or cut from sheet finished to proper length and Wicca and which may be scored or indented orplain to facilitate the formation of the corners. Such board lengths are then simultaneously fed along defined paths and brought respectively into proper contact with the finish papers for the same, suitable adhesive or the like being applied as required. rit the end of this stage, a certain portion of each finish paper on the cover rim and tray rim extends beyond the side of the same to which it has been. applied, the extended portion of the finish paper being utilized to hold in position the respective top and bottom boards.

The three respective board lengths are then moved to the next stage at which the board lengths are respectively formed into hollow rectangles or other configuration, as by wrapping or folding, or otherwise, and top and bottom boards are fed into proper position respectively relative to the cover rim and the tray rim.

At a next stage, the finish papers may be respectively folded, including the smoothing out of the fold corners, thereby securing the attachment of the top board to thc'cover rim and the bottom board to the tray rim, and at the time strengthening the cover and the tray rims. I

At a next stage, the neck is inserted within the tray, at which stage adhcsive'or thelike is applied, either before or simultaneously while the neclr is being wrapped.

At a next stage, the cover and the sembled tray and neck are pressed, to attain accurate fixation of the sides, faces and cor- 11ers thereof. if desired, the step of pressing may be effected at the previous stone 0:

forming thee-over rim, neci; and trey rim inti') hollow configuration or at the previous sing-1e of rtion of t 1e nscl to the t av.

At thenext stage, the cover is th neck of the tray, thereby cl sing the box, w 'eafter a suitable label may be applied to one or more faces of the box, including the baclr face of the box to thereby hinge the cover onto the tray. Usually, the label is cut of suflicient length to extend over the outer faces of the top and bottom boards to thereby finish the same.

The above stated steps may be modified by forming the tray rim into its hollow configuration and the neck subsequently form-ed directly over the formed tray. Also, the tray rim and heel; may be simultaneously formed in proper direct contact with one another to fornra imitary hell conii s tion, and the bottom board applied to complete the tray.

(Ether features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description and the accompanyingdrawing forming partof this application, in which drawings,--

llfigure 1 indicates diagrammatically one series of stages embodyingthe invention;

Fig. 2 indicates diagrammatically a modilication of certain particular stages of Fig. 1, and i A Fig. 3 indicates diagrammatically a further modification.

In the following particular description of the diagrams of the drawings, it will be understood that the particulardirections of n'iovement indicated by the diagrams are not material features of the invention, except "especially noted hereinafter and as may be specifically defined by the appended claims.

Referring to Fig. 1, there are represented a series of operations comprising stages at which one or more steps are performed.

At the stage indicated A, the board lengths 1, 2, 8 are respectively the tray rim, neck and cover rim, which may be obtained from the respective three webs of board 4:, 5, 6 and properly transferred to the relative positions at 1, 2, 3. llf desired, these lengths may be derived from a reel or cut from sheet board and scored or indented either prior to or subsequent of the cutting.

At stage B, the papersv for finishing the tray rim, neck and cover rim are respec tively indicated at 7, 8, 9, which papers may similarly be cut from the indicated three rolls of paper 10, 11, 12 and transferred, as indicated by the curved arrowed path 13, to be brought into pro er. lapping engagement with the aforesaid three hoard lengths, respectively, at 1 2", 3*.

At stage C, the tray'rim paper 7 has been folded about the exposed edge of the tray rim 1 as indicted. at 1, similarly for the neck as indicated at 2 and the cover rim as indicated at 3. The rim papers are respectively of suflicient' dimensions to provide the projectingportion 14 of the tray rim paper entendingbeyond the tray rim and the projecting portion 15 of the cover rim paper extending beyond the cover rim.

The stage D, as also subsequent 7 stages thereto, is drawn on a somewhat enlarged scale, in order to picture the indicated steps more clearly. At 1 is represented the step of forming the'tray rim board 1 having its paper affixed thereto but still with the projecting portion 14: extending therebeyond, the step of forming being usually done by wrapping or folding onto a form. The bottom board 16 is fed and positioned in proper relation. to the tray rim. The neck, having its fully applied paper is similarly formed at 2 by wrapping or folding. lhe cover rim having its paper flflllXGCl thereto but still with the projecting portion 1.5 extending therebeyond is similarly formed at 8, while the top board 1? will have been, and properly positioned relative thereto.

At stage E, the projecting portion, 14; has

been folded onto the outer face of bottom board 16, as indicated at 1", and the projecting portion 15 of the top board 17, as indicated {Lt-3 The neck has been advanced to its position 2.

At stage F, the neck 2 has been inserted within the tray 1 to form the assembled tray indicated at 1 and the cover at has been forwarded from its prior position 3 At the stage F, or between the same and the subsequently indicated stage, the assembled tray and the cover are pressed by suitable means to straighten the sides of the folded onto the outer face i same, aline the corners and otherwise force" the parts into accurate positions. ,At stage G, the cover 3 has been positioned onto the tray 1 I This step is readily effected by bringing a side of the cover and the corresponding side of the neck into register and then relatively moving the cover and tray to bring the remaining sides into register.

At stage H the label 18 is being applied to the bottom faces of the tray and cover, the said label being preferably sufiiciently long to extendover the greater part of the top and bottom of the box to finish the same and to bind the cover rim paper and tray rim paper and their folded corners. The

label usually extends up to the open joint of the box, but it may be applied to extend over both box joints and later cut out at the open box joint.

The result, indicated at stage I, is a box which is provided with an inserted neck and a cover hinged by the label onto the tray. The finish of the various parts of the box, as described, and other parts of the box will be selected as desired.

in Fig. 2. the stage J corresponds to the stage C of Fig. 1, and represents at l the tray rim having the paper folded thereon with the edge 20 pr jecting therebeyond; at 2 the neck; and 3 the coverv rim having its paper folded thereon with the edge 21 projecting therebeyond. Passing from stage 5, the article 1 has been transferred as indicated by the arrow 22 into suitable relation to the article 2 and the two jointly wrapped or folded at stage K onto a suitable form, accompanied by the proper application of adhesive and the feeding of the bottom board 23, to form the tray as an entirety at a single stage. At stage K, the fold corners oi"? the tray rim paper may be smoothed out simultaneously with the wrapni or folding or" the tray rim. Also, if ed, at stage Y the cover be vpped or folded, as indicated at stage D I 1.

.ht stage L; the assembled tray and cover are pr ssed, similarly as in the method herenbove described. 7 V

stage M, the cover has been closed To the rompleted tray.

c method may be further modified as ated in by first forming the z it, either by wrapping the same about iorm or by folding over a stationary form, n at stage N. and the tray rim board then formed directly onto the formed neck Q as shown at stage 0. At stage 0, the projecting portion 2% of the tray rim paper may be folded onto the bottom board to position the same, simultaneously with the step of wrapping or folding the tray rim board. Ti e afifixing or" the label onto the closed box may be also efiected by apform d of plying first an end of the labelonto the top, then applying the intermediate and opposite end of the label successively onto the rear side and bottom of the box. obverse operation'may be carried out by first applying an end or? the label onto the bottom.

It will be ui'iderstood that the labels applied to the interior and exterior faces of the top and bottom may be varied as desired, or the said faces may be printed directly.

It will be understood that many changes and modifications may be made in the re spective stages of our method and in the intermediate steps oi": said stages without departing from the scope of our invention, as defined by the appended claims.

We claim.

' 1. The

a tray having rately from and inserted the tray and cover a neck formed sepawithin the body of telescopingon said neck,

comprising separately forming substantially simultaneously theparts of said cover and'the parts of said tra includin the application of adhesives as desired, definitely progressing said cover and said tray simultaneously and effecting substantially without delay the closure of the box by positioning said cover onsaid tray.

2. The process of making a paper box formed of tray having a neck formed separately fromjand inserted within the body of the tray and cover telescoping on said neck, comprising producing the strips for the rimv of the cover and the rim and neck of the tray,"then forming the cover rim and applying the top and separately form- 'ng the tray rim and neck and applying the 302mm, then definitely progressing the formed cover and the formed tray toward one another and then substantially without delay closing the box by eiiecting the positioning OIE S2tlCl cover on said tray.

3. The profess of making a paper box Add or"- tray having a neck formed separately from and inserted within the body of the tray and a cover telescoping on said necir, comprising producing the strips of the rim ofthe cover and the neck a-ndrim the plying the top separately forming the tray rim neck and applying the bottom unier substantially the same temperature and humidity conditions, then yn'ogressing the thus formed cover and the thus formed tray toward one another and then closing the box by effecting the positioning of the cover about the neck of the tray under substantially the aforesaid temperature and humidity conditions.

4. The process 01"" making a paper box formed of a tray having a neck formed separately from and inserted within the body of the tray and a cover telescoping on the neck,

comprising producing the strips for the Or, the

process o'f making a paper box y, then forming the cover rim and separately forming tray toward and forming the neck and applying the cover ,ing the cover onto the tray.

cover rim, the neck and tray rim, and forming the cover rim and applying the top and the neck and the tray rim and applying the bottom substantially under the same conditions, thereafter progressing the formed cover and the formed one another and then closing the box by effecting the positioning of the cover on the neck of the tray under substantially the aforesaid conditions.

5. The process of making a paper box formed of a tray havine' a neck formed separately from and inserted within thebody of the tray and a cover telescoping on the neck, comprising producing the strips for the cover rim, the neck and tray rim, and forming the cover rim and applying the top the tray rim and applying the bottom substantially under the same temperature and humidity conditions, thereafter progressing the formed cover and formed tray toward one another and then closing the box by effecting the positioning of the cover on the neck otthe tray under substantially the aforesaid temperature and humidity conditions.

6. The process of making a paper box having. a neck of material separate from and inserted within theoody of the tray of the box comprising producing the strips for the cover rim, the neck and tray rim, then forming the cover rim and applying the top I and separately forming the neck and forming the tray rim and applying the bottom substantially simultaneously, then inserting the neck within the formed tray while progressing the formed cover; then progressthe neck inserted therein ing the tray with one another and then and the cover toward substantially immediately thereafter clos in o; thebox by effecting the positioning of the cover on the neck.

7. The process of making boxes comprising providing coincidently strips of board for the cover rim, neck and tray rim; iii0rming coincidently the cover rim, neck and tray rim; applying the top and the bottom coincidently to the formed cover rim and formed tray rim respectively; then applying the cover onto the tray and then hinging the cover to the tray.

8. The process of making boxes compris ing providing coincidently strips of board for the cover rim, neck and tray rim, forming coincidently the cover rim, neck and the tray rim; pressing the formed cover rim, formed neck and the formed tray rim; then to the tray and then hingbottom to the formed top, the formed progressing the tray with the 9. The process of making boxes comprising providing coincidently tor the cover rim, neck and tray. rim, forming coincidently the cover rim, neck and the tray rim and applying the top and the cover rim and formed tray rim respectively; pressing the formed coverto the formed tray, then closing the box and then hinging the cover onto the tray. I y

10. The process of making a box comprising forming the cover rim, neck and the tray rim coincidently whileapplying the top and the bottom, pressing the formed cover and the formed tray, then closing the box and then applying the label tohinge the cover onto the tray. v V y '11. The method of making boxes comprising forming the cover-rim, the neck andthe tray rim, while coincidently applying the top and the bottom, pressing the formed cover rim and cover, the formed neck and the formed tray rim and bottom, then closing the box and then applying a label to hinge the cover onto the tray.

12. The process of making boxes comprising providing coincidently strips of boardfor the cover run, the neck and the tray rim; forming coincidently the cover rim, the neck and the tray rim while at the same time applying the top and the bottom to the formed cover nm and the formed tray rim respectively, pressing the formed cover rim and rim and bottom, then closing the box and then hinging the cover onto the tray.

1 13. The process of making a paper box comprising a tray having a neck of material separate from and inserted within the body ofthe tray and a cover positioned on the neck, comprisingproviding three strips of paper the neck of the tray and the cover rim; applying finish paper to the said three strips 0:1: paper board substantially simultaneously folding the neck and the tray rim and positioning the neck within the tray, and applying the bottom while simultaneously therewith folding the cover rim and applying the top; thereafter without substantial delay neck inserted therein and the cover toward one another and thereafter substantially without delay closing the box by effecting the positioning of the cover on the neck.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification.

ALLAN A. ADAMSON. WILLIAli/T F; GRUPE.

neck and the formed tray.

board respectively for the tray rim,

strips of board 

